Surpassing seasoned veterans like Peyton Manning and Tom Brady, rookie quarterback Johnny Manziel is leading the National Football League's jersey sales.

According to NFLsales.com, Manziel's jersey was the top-selling item for the first quarter of the league's fiscal year, April 1 to June 30.

Manziel, who starred at quarterback for Texas A&M University until announcing he was going pro in his sophomore year, was drafted in May by the Cleveland Browns. He has yet to play a game in a Browns jersey.

Another player with Texas roots, St.Louis Rams defensive end Michael Sam, was No. 6.

Sam, the first openly gay player to be drafted by an NFL team, grew up in Hitchcock, 14 miles west of Galveston.